Trick toy.



"Urrrrnn STATES" :AffrnNr Feroe.

JAMES Ross ARMSTRONG, or PITTSBURG, PENNsYLvANIA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters; Patent N o. 726,61 5, dated April28, 1903. Application liled August 9,1902.' Serial No. 119,055. (Nomodel.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that LJ AMES Ross ARMSTRONG, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Trick Toy, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description. y

The purpose of this invention is t0 provide a toy adapted to illustratethe coining of money from blanks and to so construct thedevice thatrepeated operations may be successivel y performed whereby to seeminglystrike up a number of coins from a number 'of blanks.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully setforth, and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device with the cover raised,illustrating the position of the parts at the first operation. Fig. 2 isavertical section through the devicewith the cover in position on thebody. Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the device, show.L ing thecover elevated at the second operation to remove and conceal the blankand to expose a coin supposed to have been stamped out from the blank.Fig. 4 represents a pian View of the coin; and Fig. 5 is an invertedplan View of one of the die-cups, illustrating an impression-surface.

The base A of the device may be of any vde-` sired shape. Preferably,however, it is circular and is provided with an upwardly-eX-i tendingconical central section 11, the top whereof is flat. In connection withthe base A a series of conical cups Bis employed, and a conical cover C,preferably provided with a knob 13 at its upper portion. The cups B maybe termed die-cups, as apparently through the medium of said cups blanks14 are converted into coins, the latter being genuine and of apredetermined denomination. The upper sections 16 of the die-cups areiiat, and preferably, but not necessarily, the outer surface of theupper flat section of each cup and the corresponding surface of theconical section 11 of the base are pressed or engraved to representstamps usually employedin the coinage of money. The diecups are nestedone in the other, and the nested cups are placed over the conicalcentral section 11 of the base, to -the side of which theinner sidesurface of the innermost cup fits more or less snugly, and the cover Cfits over the nested cups, being capable of close engagement at its sidewith the side portion of the outermost die-cup. The blanks 14 are quitethin and are of disk shape. The said cups are graduated in depth to suchan extent that when blanks 14are placed betweenthe upper sections of thenested cups and said nested cups are in the cover Cl the bottom edges ofthe cups will be horizontally flushwith each other and with the bottomedge of the c over, so that the presence of the die-cups in the covercannot be readily detected. 'Preferably thel device is made of metal;but any suitable material may be employed.

In operation the diecups are privately nested and placed upon theconical central section of the base, and in placing and nesting thedie-cups a coin 15-a penny or a nickel, for example-is placed upon thetop of the central conical base-section 11 and betweenlthe uppersectionsof all of the nested die-cups, While a blank 14 is placed upon the topof the uppermost die-cup, and then the cover' isplaced over all, as isshown in Fig. 2. The'lewer edges of the die-cup and the cover will nowbe concealed by the iiange 10 of the base. When a trick is to beperformed, the cover is lifted off, as shown in Fig. 1, showing theblank resting, apparently, on the conical center piece of thebase-section. The cover is then replaced and the knob 13 of the cover isstruck with the hand, so as to give the idea of force and likewise tocause the cover to firmly adhere to the uppermost diecup at its sides.The cover is then` lifted, taking with it the uppermost die-cup and theblank, as is shown in Fig. '3, and revealing a marketable coin on Whatappears to be the same spot Where the blank was formerly located, butwhich coin in reality rests upon the upper surface of the seconddie-cup. The coin is removed from the second die-cup and anotherblank issubstituted. The former operation is repeated, and the second ale-cupIOO and blank thereon will be taken up by the irst die-cup in the cover,disclosing the coin placed upon the third die-cup, and this operation isrepeated until the'last coin on the true conical center of the base isbrought to View. The device is then recharged for another exhibition:

The reason why the cover picks up the next one under it and not theothers is that in nesting the cups for operation the coins placedbetween each are of sucient thickness to prevent one cup bearing uponanother, and thus adhering. The blank placed upon the uppermost die-cupbeing thinner than the coin allows the cover or any die-cup which may bein it to be driven down on the next cup when struck, adhering theretoand pickingit up, while the lower cups, between which are the coins,cannot be driven into contact.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and -desire to secureby Letters Patentl. A trick toy, comprising a relatively wide baseprovided with an upwardly-extending marginal flange, a frusto-conicalcentral section mounted on said base in such manner that a groove isformed between the wall of the central section and the marginal iiange,a series of cups adapted to be nested, the innermost of said cups beingiitted to the frustoconical central section, and a cover for said cups,the bottom edges of the cups and the cover lying in the same horizontalplane, and occupying the groove formed between the central section andthe flange, when the parts are assembled.

2. A trick toy, comprising a base provided with a marginal ange, afrusto-conical central section of less transverse diameter than saidbase formed integral therewith, whereby a groove is formed between themarginal flange and said central sections, a series of frnstoconicalnested cups adapted to lit over the central section, and afrusto-conical cover adapted to fit over and conceal the cups.

3. In a trick toy, the combination with a relatively wide base-sectionprovided with a marginal iange and a frusto-conical central section, ofa series of frusto conical cups adapted to be nested, the innermost ofwhich cups is fitted to the frnsto-conical base-section, said cups beingof varying depth, a cover for all of the nested cups, the lower edges ofthe cups and covers being concealed by the marginal iiange of the base,the sides of the cover being adapted to engage under pressure with thesides of the uppermost cup, said cover being provided with astriking-surface at its upper portion.

4. In a trick toy, the combination with a base-section having anupwardly-extending marginal flange and a frusto-conical central .sectionformed integral with the aforesaid base-section, of a series offrustoconical cups adapted to be nested, the innermost of which cups isfitted to the frusto-conical central section, a cover adapted to incloseall of the nested cups, the sides of which cover are adapted to engageunder pressure with the sides of the outermost cup, said cover beingprovided with a striking-surface at its upper portions, a series ofcoins located between the upper surfaces of the frusto-conical base-section and the innermost cup, and a blank adapted to rest upon theuppermost cup, the

edges ofthe cover and cup being concealed by the upwardly-extendingmarginal fiange of the base.

5. A trick toy comprising a base portion, a central section of lesstransverse diameter than said base portion formed integral with thebase, a series of nested cups adapted to fit on the central section, anda cover fitting over and concealing the cups, the construction beingsuch that the edges of the cups and the cover will be concealed byaportion ofthe base, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES ROSS ARMSTRONG.

Wiitnesses:

WALTER F. STEWART, A. M. STEEN.

